Modes

Levels of detail in the response - list, normal, detailed

Example - /astronauts/?mode=list

Filters

Parameters - age, age__gt, age__gte, age__lt, age__lte, agency_ids, date_of_birth, date_of_birth__gt, date_of_birth__gte, date_of_birth__lt, date_of_birth__lte, date_of_death, date_of_death__gt, date_of_death__gte, date_of_death__lt, date_of_death__lte, first_flight, first_flight__gt, first_flight__gte, first_flight__lt, first_flight__lte, flights_count, flights_count__gt, flights_count__gte, flights_count__lt, flights_count__lte, has_flown, in_space, is_human, landings_count, landings_count__gt, landings_count__gte, landings_count__lt, landings_count__lte, last_flight, last_flight__gt, last_flight__gte, last_flight__lt, last_flight__lte, nationality, status_ids, type__id

Example - /astronauts/?has_flown=true

Fields searched - agency__abbrev, agency__name, name, nationality__nationality_name

Example - /astronauts/?search=Pesquet

Ordering

Fields - age, date_of_birth, eva_time, flights_count, id, landings_count, last_flight, name, spacewalks_count, status, time_in_space

Example - /astronauts/?ordering=-time_in_space

Number of results

Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)

Example - /astronauts/?limit=2

Format

Switch to JSON output - /astronauts/?format=json

Help

Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs

GET /2.3.0/astronauts/731/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
  "id": 731,
  "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/731/?format=api",
  "name": "Cai Xuzhe",
  "status": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Active"
  },
  "agency": {
    "response_mode": "list",
    "id": 17,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
    "name": "China National Space Administration",
    "abbrev": "CNSA",
    "type": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Government"
    }
  },
  "image": {
    "id": 848,
    "name": "[AUTO] Cai Xuzhe - image",
    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cai_xuzhe_image_20220604085007.png",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190933.png",
    "credit": null,
    "license": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Unknown",
      "priority": 9,
      "link": null
    },
    "single_use": true,
    "variants": []
  },
  "response_mode": "detailed",
  "type": {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Government"
  },
  "in_space": false,
  "time_in_space": "P364DT18H6M29S",
  "eva_time": "P1DT10H9M",
  "age": 50,
  "date_of_birth": "1976-05-01",
  "date_of_death": null,
  "nationality": [
    {
      "id": 6,
      "name": "China",
      "alpha_2_code": "CN",
      "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
      "nationality_name": "Chinese",
      "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
    }
  ],
  "bio": "Chinese astronaut from the CNSA Group-2 selection (2010).",
  "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Xuzhe",
  "last_flight": "2024-10-29T20:27:34Z",
  "first_flight": "2022-06-05T02:44:10Z",
  "social_media_links": [],
  "flights_count": 2,
  "landings_count": 2,
  "spacewalks_count": 5,
  "flights": [],
  "landings": [],
  "spacewalks": [
    {
      "response_mode": "list",
      "id": 480,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/480/?format=api",
      "name": "Shenzhou 19 EVA 1a",
      "start": "2024-12-17T04:51:00Z",
      "end": "2024-12-17T13:57:00Z",
      "duration": "PT9H6M",
      "location": "Tiangong Space Station",
      "crew": [
        {
          "id": 5027,
          "role": {
            "id": 33,
            "role": "EV1",
            "priority": 0
          },
          "astronaut": {
            "id": 731,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/731/?format=api",
            "name": "Cai Xuzhe",
            "status": {
              "id": 1,
              "name": "Active"
            },
            "agency": {
              "response_mode": "list",
              "id": 17,
              "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
              "name": "China National Space Administration",
              "abbrev": "CNSA",
              "type": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Government"
              }
            },
            "image": {
              "id": 848,
              "name": "[AUTO] Cai Xuzhe - image",
              "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cai_xuzhe_image_20220604085007.png",
              "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190933.png",
              "credit": null,
              "license": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Unknown",
                "priority": 9,
                "link": null
              },
              "single_use": true,
              "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "list",
            "type": {
              "id": 2,
              "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P364DT18H6M29S",
            "eva_time": "P1DT10H9M",
            "age": 50,
            "date_of_birth": "1976-05-01",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
              {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "China",
                "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
              }
            ],
            "bio": "Chinese astronaut from the CNSA Group-2 selection (2010).",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Xuzhe",
            "last_flight": "2024-10-29T20:27:34Z",
            "first_flight": "2022-06-05T02:44:10Z",
            "social_media_links": []
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "response_mode": "list",
      "id": 483,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/483/?format=api",
      "name": "Shenzhou 19 EVA 2",
      "start": "2025-01-20T08:55:00Z",
      "end": "2025-01-20T17:12:00Z",
      "duration": "PT8H17M",
      "location": "Tiangong Space Station",
      "crew": [
        {
          "id": 5031,
          "role": {
            "id": 33,
            "role": "EV1",
            "priority": 0
          },
          "astronaut": {
            "id": 731,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/731/?format=api",
            "name": "Cai Xuzhe",
            "status": {
              "id": 1,
              "name": "Active"
            },
            "agency": {
              "response_mode": "list",
              "id": 17,
              "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
              "name": "China National Space Administration",
              "abbrev": "CNSA",
              "type": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Government"
              }
            },
            "image": {
              "id": 848,
              "name": "[AUTO] Cai Xuzhe - image",
              "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cai_xuzhe_image_20220604085007.png",
              "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190933.png",
              "credit": null,
              "license": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Unknown",
                "priority": 9,
                "link": null
              },
              "single_use": true,
              "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "list",
            "type": {
              "id": 2,
              "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P364DT18H6M29S",
            "eva_time": "P1DT10H9M",
            "age": 50,
            "date_of_birth": "1976-05-01",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
              {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "China",
                "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
              }
            ],
            "bio": "Chinese astronaut from the CNSA Group-2 selection (2010).",
            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Xuzhe",
            "last_flight": "2024-10-29T20:27:34Z",
            "first_flight": "2022-06-05T02:44:10Z",
            "social_media_links": []
          }
        },
        {
          "id": 5032,
          "role": {
            "id": 34,
            "role": "EV2",
            "priority": 1
          },
          "astronaut": {
            "id": 817,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/817/?format=api",
            "name": "Song Lingdong",
            "status": {
              "id": 1,
              "name": "Active"
            },
            "agency": {
              "response_mode": "list",
              "id": 17,
              "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
              "name": "China National Space Administration",
              "abbrev": "CNSA",
              "type": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Government"
              }
            },
            "image": {
              "id": 2749,
              "name": "Song Lingdong official portrait",
              "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/song_lingdong_o_image_20260424072447.jpg",
              "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/song_lingdong_o_image_thumbnail_20260424072447.jpeg",
              "credit": "CNSA",
              "license": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Unknown",
                "priority": 9,
                "link": null
              },
              "single_use": true,
              "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "list",
            "type": {
              "id": 2,
              "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P182DT8H40M39S",
            "eva_time": "PT22H42M",
            "age": 36,
            "date_of_birth": "1990-08-01",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
              {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "China",
                "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
              }
            ],
            "bio": "Song Lingdong is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in August 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2013. He was a Sukhoi Su-35K fighter pilot prior to joining the astronaut corps.",
            "wiki": null,
            "last_flight": "2024-10-29T20:27:34Z",
            "first_flight": "2024-10-29T20:27:34Z",
            "social_media_links": []
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "response_mode": "list",
      "id": 485,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/spacewalks/485/?format=api",
      "name": "Shenzhou 19 EVA 3",
      "start": "2025-03-21T05:50:00Z",
      "end": "2025-03-21T12:50:00Z",
      "duration": "PT7H",
      "location": "Tiangong Space Station",
      "crew": [
        {
          "id": 5075,
          "role": {
            "id": 33,
            "role": "EV1",
            "priority": 0
          },
          "astronaut": {
            "id": 731,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/731/?format=api",
            "name": "Cai Xuzhe",
            "status": {
              "id": 1,
              "name": "Active"
            },
            "agency": {
              "response_mode": "list",
              "id": 17,
              "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
              "name": "China National Space Administration",
              "abbrev": "CNSA",
              "type": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Government"
              }
            },
            "image": {
              "id": 848,
              "name": "[AUTO] Cai Xuzhe - image",
              "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cai_xuzhe_image_20220604085007.png",
              "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190933.png",
              "credit": null,
              "license": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Unknown",
                "priority": 9,
                "link": null
              },
              "single_use": true,
              "variants": []
            },
            "response_mode": "list",
            "type": {
              "id": 2,
              "name": "Government"
            },
            "in_space": false,
            "time_in_space": "P364DT18H6M29S",
            "eva_time": "P1DT10H9M",
            "age": 50,
            "date_of_birth": "1976-05-01",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
              {
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                "name": "China",
                "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
              }
            ],
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            "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Xuzhe",
            "last_flight": "2024-10-29T20:27:34Z",
            "first_flight": "2022-06-05T02:44:10Z",
            "social_media_links": []
          }
        },
        {
          "id": 5076,
          "role": {
            "id": 34,
            "role": "EV2",
            "priority": 1
          },
          "astronaut": {
            "id": 817,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/817/?format=api",
            "name": "Song Lingdong",
            "status": {
              "id": 1,
              "name": "Active"
            },
            "agency": {
              "response_mode": "list",
              "id": 17,
              "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
              "name": "China National Space Administration",
              "abbrev": "CNSA",
              "type": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Government"
              }
            },
            "image": {
              "id": 2749,
              "name": "Song Lingdong official portrait",
              "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/song_lingdong_o_image_20260424072447.jpg",
              "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/song_lingdong_o_image_thumbnail_20260424072447.jpeg",
              "credit": "CNSA",
              "license": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Unknown",
                "priority": 9,
                "link": null
              },
              "single_use": true,
              "variants": []
            },
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              "name": "Government"
            },
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            "eva_time": "PT22H42M",
            "age": 36,
            "date_of_birth": "1990-08-01",
            "date_of_death": null,
            "nationality": [
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                "name": "China",
                "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
              }
            ],
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            "wiki": null,
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            "first_flight": "2024-10-29T20:27:34Z",
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    }
  ]
}